#3A243E
Eggplant · very dark cool pink
About #3A243E
With the hex code #3A243E, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 23% red, 14% green and 24% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 76% black. It reads as a cool colour.
If you had to name it, it is somewhere between Eggplant and Aubergine — a ΔE of 15.7 — followed by Aubergine. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #283E24, a dark green shade.
In design, a very dark colour like this works best for headings, body text, footers and dark-mode backgrounds. White text reads best on it at 13.98:1 (a WCAG AAA pass). Used as a text colour on white, it is readable too (13.98:1).
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ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.
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Frequently asked questions
›What colour is #3A243E?
With the hex code #3A243E, this is a very dark pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 23% red, 14% green and 24% blue, while a printer would mix 6% cyan, 42% magenta, 0% yellow and 76% black. It reads as a cool colour.
›What text colour should I use on #3A243E?
Use white text. White on #3A243E has a contrast ratio of 13.98:1 (AAA).
›What colours go with #3A243E?
Its complementary colour is #283E24, and analogous partners are #2D243E and #3E2435.